1) When the Sox won the pennant, I felt it was nice that we got a trophy for it, but I knew that wasn't what we were playing for. I wouldn't have settled for anything less than the Commissioner's Trophy.

2) When I did see the trophy up close, I noticed the teams were not engraved on the flags as they had been in the past. Did they stop doing that?

D. TODD

10-17-2007, 02:04 PM

I prefer the AL trophy as well.

As for the Stanley Cup, maybe in the past it could rank at or near the top, but nowadays it's not much more then a relic. The super bowl trophy and the world series trophy are much better in my humble opinion.

The World Cup is probably the top trophy in the world though.

Max Power

10-17-2007, 03:28 PM

Two things:

2) When I did see the trophy up close, I noticed the teams were not engraved on the flags as they had been in the past. Did they stop doing that?

Yes, but I don't know when. I assume they decided it was unnecessary because everyone knows what the flags represent. I kind of liked the names though.

Steelrod

10-17-2007, 03:39 PM

Two things:

1) When the Sox won the pennant, I felt it was nice that we got a trophy for it, but I knew that wasn't what we were playing for. I wouldn't have settled for anything less than the Commissioner's Trophy.

2) When I did see the trophy up close, I noticed the teams were not engraved on the flags as they had been in the past. Did they stop doing that?
It also usta have the two pins on them and a wooden base. Budget considerations maybe? (teal intended)

Hitmen77

10-17-2007, 04:26 PM

I think the AL trophy is better looking than the NL one.

RedHeadPaleHoser

10-17-2007, 05:13 PM

I think the AL trophy is better looking than the NL one.

The NL trophy looks like the annual Top Sales Award they give out to door to door vacuum cleaner salesmen.

PKalltheway

10-17-2007, 05:20 PM

The NL trophy looks like something out of ancient Greece, like an ancient relic or something. The AL trophy looks pretty basic to me, a little more modern looking. Neither of them look all that bad though.

DumpJerry

10-17-2007, 05:26 PM

My buddy got the NL trophy the other day for being the top scorer in his bowling league.

Oblong

10-17-2007, 07:08 PM

The NL trophy looks like on of the NHL awards.

ode to veeck

10-17-2007, 07:21 PM

the WS trophy is great, the league championship trophies are pretty dull, kinda like the comissioner

Hitmen77

10-17-2007, 10:41 PM

Does anyone know what kind of trophy (if any) existed when the Sox won the AL Pennant in 1959? You'd think they would have had something back then and that it is still in the team's possession.

chaerulez

10-17-2007, 10:45 PM

I like the AL trophy because it has the AL logo on it. NL trophy just seems odd.

Railsplitter

10-18-2007, 09:35 PM

Both baseball league trophies are better looking than the George Halas and Lamar Hunt Trophies. They each look like an oversized ashtray, with the respective conference logo in the middle.

WhiteSoxJunkie

10-18-2007, 11:58 PM

The NL trophy doesn't even really look like a trophy. I think it'd be better if they just gave the NL champs one of those Little League trophies with the batter on top.

Nellie_Fox

10-19-2007, 12:51 AM

Neither can hold a candle to the Clavet Cup. (I have become a "Corner Gas" junkie.)

doublem23

10-19-2007, 01:04 AM

I'm not much for soccer, but even I think this is probably the best looking trophy in the world...

http://www.wldcup.com/pictures/wld2006/0606/pic51.jpg

That is, if they got rid of all those sponsored ribbons. Tacky!

doublem23

10-19-2007, 01:06 AM

I'm not much for soccer, but even I think this is probably the best looking trophy in the world...

http://www.wldcup.com/pictures/wld2006/0606/pic51.jpg

That is, if they got rid of all those sponsored ribbons. Tacky!

bigfoot

10-20-2007, 08:34 AM

The NL trophy looks like the annual Top Sales Award they give out to door to door vacuum cleaner salesmen.